"A World Bank book"--Half t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-451) and index.

11. Managing Financial Risks in Papua New Guinea: An Optimal External Debt Portfolio / Jonathan R. Coleman and Ying Qian -- 12. Commodity, Exchange Rate, and Interest Rate Risks in Colombia / Andrew Powell -- 13. Financial Risk Management in Sub-Sahar an Africa / Stijn Claessens and Ying Qian -- 14. The Hungarian Agricultural Commodity Exchange and Liberalization in Hungarian Agriculture / Ronald Anderson and Andrew Powell -- 15. Tariff-based Stabilization of Commodity Prices in Venezuela / Jonathan R. Coleman and Donald P. Larson -- 16. Integration of the International Rice Market: Implications for Risk Management / Jeannette Herrmann.

1. Overview / Stijn Claessens and Ronald C. Duncan -- 2. Domestic Price Stabilization Schemes for Developing Countries / Christopher L. Gilbert -- 3. The Effects of Option Hedging on the Costs of Domestic Price Stabilization Schemes / Donald F. Larson and Jonathan R. Coleman -- 4. Asset and Liability Management: Modern Financial Techniques / Toshiya Masuoka -- 5. Regulatory Aspects of Commodity-linked Finance: Implications for Developing Countries / Michael Occhiolini -- 6. Strategies for Managing Coffee Price Risks in Costa Rica / Robert J. Myers -- 7. Implementing Risk Management Strategies in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector / Stijn Claessens and Panos Varangis -- 8. Managing Oil Import Price Risk in Costa Rica: Strategies and Benefits / Robert J. Myers and Stanley R. Thompson -- 9. An Oil import Risk Management Program for Costa Rica / Stijn Claessens and Panos Varangis -- 10. Hedging Commodity Price Risks in Papua New Guinea / Stijn Claessens and Jonathan R. Coleman.